München Airport Center

LEFT: A beer
mat from the Airbräu
microbrewery restaurant in Munich Airport Center.

Restaurants and fast food

München Airport Center has a good
variety of places where you can eat and drink. Its restaurants, fast-food
outlets, and coffee bars are popular with local residents, in part because MAC
requires that prices be no higher than what customers would pay downtown.

I had dinner at
Airbräu, a
bar and restaurant that brews three types of beer on the premises. The Airbräu
menu includes sausages, Schitzels, steaks, chicken, pasta, and other
dishes, along with desserts such as Apfelstrudel and Dampfknödel
(irresistible sweet dumplings with vanilla sauce). If you expect to be thirsty
later in the evening, you can buy a refillable beer siphon--the German
equivalent of a Big Gulp soda. Airbräu prices are moderate, but if you're
worried about prices or choices, you can read the menu before you go inside.

Nordsee, Germany's leading
seafood chain, has a restaurant in München
Airport Center that serves fish, salads, and snacks from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
every day.

Langnese is the place to go
for ice cream and fresh pastries, while Segafredo serves authentic
Italian espresso and other coffee drinks. Burger King is open from
morning until late evening, with a drive-through window that serves Whoppers
after closing time.
Other venues include the Café Treffpunkt (which translates as "Café
Meeting Place"), the Käfer Bistro, and--for those who crave a natural
vitamin fix with or without alcohol--the Fruttibar.

For more information on places to
eat and drink in München Airport Center and the airport's terminals, see the
Meals and Refreshments pages at the Munich International Airport Web
site.